Friday, August 12, 2016

Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Prairie Creek Rd, Idaho

 

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On Tuesday we moved south to Prairie Creek Road, about 20 miles north of Ketchum, Idaho in the middle of the Sawtooth NRA. It was nice that our friends George and Tina had room for another RV at their dispersed campsite. I know some people think half the fun of boondocking is seeking out a site, but sometimes you can spend hours driving around to no avail, so it was nice to know we had a place to park.

We’re only getting a few hours of sun, but with no internet or TV we aren’t using much power.

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We can hear the creek but there’s too much vegetation by our site to see it. George and Tina have an open view.

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The Harriman bike/hike trail is a short walk from our site.Here are some scenes from the trail.

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Goat viewing area, but the goats must have been napping as we didn’t see any.

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Yesterday we drove south 5 miles to Baker Creek Road and hiked the trail to Norton lakes and beyond to the pass. 2,400’ of climbing in about 3.6 miles to the 9,950’ pass meant a lot of steep uphill most of the way. It was a beautiful hike despite the climb.

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This is Jax, George and Tina’s nine month old long haired dachshund. What a cutie, and a great hiker.

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Jax the rock climber in mid-bark.

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Heading on up to the pass.

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Just another mile, 1,000 more feet of climbing and 14 switchbacks.

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I love “top of the world” hikes like this.

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We’re running errands in Ketchum today so I am posting this from the laundromat. So far not having internet has been tolerable, but we’ll probably move on to a different spot with signal sometime next week.

The cats are mostly back to normal but it’s probably just a matter of time before we have another incident. Thanks for the suggestions and links.We’ll do more research when we get back to civilization. And yes, they were both neutered and spayed when they were just kittens.

Almost forgot, on Tuesday evening we met Kurt and Toni (The Kuhl Odyssey) at Sawtooth Brewery in Ketchum. It’s always fun to meet up with like minded people and we had a great time talking about beer, pets, fulltiming, you name it. After the cat incident we really needed the diversion!

10 comments:

  1. Those long uphills are good training :)
    Box Canyon Mark

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  2. What a gorgeous site and spectacular hike! That's a lot of elevation gain—good thing the views were worth it! If that adorable short-legged little dachshund can make it, I can too....

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  3. What spectacular views! You are in some gorgeous country. I am envious!

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  4. Really does look like a wonderful hike. Your pictures looking down on that gorgeous blue lake are wonderful. Glad to hear so far so good with Elvis and Sophie. Maybe you’d better explain that if they don’t shape up, they may be headed for new and possibly separate homes. Unless you think they might like that. ;-)

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  5. That sounds like quite the strenuous hike but looks beautiful, well worth the elevation gain. Glad to hear that kitties are playing nicely together again. Hope it continues. I am guessing smoke and haze are no longer an issue for you two.

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    1. Smoke is still an issue but not running us out yet.

      Jim

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  6. I need to share these beautiful photos and views with Bill as he says he doesn't want to visit Idaho. Can't quite figure out why because it's gorgeous. Although I might have waved at you from the lake. ;)

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    1. You would think he would be anxious to get out of 3.2 beer country.

      Jim

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  7. Beautiful pictures. I remember having to travel down from Stanley to get dial up internet when we were still working, but traveling. How things have changed. I don't know if there's still no cell service in Stanley, but it wouldn't surprise me. What a cutie pie Jax is.

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